One Women's Rights Bill Does Pass in Albany

By

Mara Gay

June 24, 2013 10:20 p.m. ET

ALBANY—While Gov. Andrew Cuomo's women's rights agenda failed to pass the state Legislature last week, lawmakers managed to rescue a single piece: a bill that would extend to 17 from 15 the age at which judges can offer counseling instead of jail time to minors facing prostitution charges.

The bill, initially part of anti-sex trafficking legislation included in the failed Women's Equality Act, was introduced in the Assembly as a...